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NHS 'not fit for 21st Century', says chief hospital inspector | NHS 'not fit for 21st Century', says chief hospital inspector |
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The NHS is not fit for the 21st Century, the new chief inspector of hospitals in England has said. | The NHS is not fit for the 21st Century, the new chief inspector of hospitals in England has said. |
Professor Ted Baker, who started the role last month, said the system had not adapted to deal with the growth in the population. | Professor Ted Baker, who started the role last month, said the system had not adapted to deal with the growth in the population. |
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he said: "The model of care we have got is still the model we had in the 1960s and 70s." | In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he said: "The model of care we have got is still the model we had in the 1960s and 70s." |
The Department of Health is yet to respond to his views. | The Department of Health is yet to respond to his views. |
Prof Baker succeeded Sir Mike Richards overseeing the hospital division of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), having been his deputy since 2014. | |
The former hospital medical director said the NHS had not modernised because of a historic lack of investment. | The former hospital medical director said the NHS had not modernised because of a historic lack of investment. |
He said: "One of the things I regret is that 15 or 20 years ago, when we could see the change in the population, the NHS did not change its model of care. | He said: "One of the things I regret is that 15 or 20 years ago, when we could see the change in the population, the NHS did not change its model of care. |
"It should have done it then - there was a lot more money coming in but we didn't spend it all on the right things. We didn't spend it on transformation of the model of care." | "It should have done it then - there was a lot more money coming in but we didn't spend it all on the right things. We didn't spend it on transformation of the model of care." |
The number of pensioners has increased by a third in the last 30 years and he said the system had not been able to deal with the increase in the number of elderly people in particular. | The number of pensioners has increased by a third in the last 30 years and he said the system had not been able to deal with the increase in the number of elderly people in particular. |
He also criticised accident and emergency wards and has written to all hospital chief executives calling for action to improve safety. | He also criticised accident and emergency wards and has written to all hospital chief executives calling for action to improve safety. |
Too many hospitals had "wholly unsatisfactory arrangements", he said, such as letting ambulances queue up at the entrance or leaving patients in corridors. | Too many hospitals had "wholly unsatisfactory arrangements", he said, such as letting ambulances queue up at the entrance or leaving patients in corridors. |
The CQC is expected to highlight increasing pressures on hospitals, who are in danger running out of beds and staff, in a report next month on the state of the health and care services. | The CQC is expected to highlight increasing pressures on hospitals, who are in danger running out of beds and staff, in a report next month on the state of the health and care services. |
That was an issue that Prof Baker touched on in the interview, saying: "Capacity is being squeezed all the time. That is a real concern going forward - because there comes a point at which the capacity isn't there". | That was an issue that Prof Baker touched on in the interview, saying: "Capacity is being squeezed all the time. That is a real concern going forward - because there comes a point at which the capacity isn't there". |
The BBC's health editor Hugh Pym said Prof Baker's comments come after predictions of a difficult winter for the service, with the chief executive of NHS England warning of the possibility of a serious flu outbreak. | |
NHS Providers, representing trusts, has said that without an emergency cash bailout the service faces the worst winter in recent history, our correspondent added. |
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